Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BLACK BARQUE

A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship
=Gentle Hand=
on Her Last African Cruise

A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship
=Gentle Hand=
on Her Last African Cruise

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Works of
T. JENKINS HAINS

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The
Black Barque

A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship
Gentle Hand
on Her Last African Cruise

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By
T. JENKINS HAINS
AUTHOR OF
“THE STRIFE OF THE SEA,” “THE WIND-JAMMERS,” ETC.

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=Illustrated by=
W. HERBERT DUNTON

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BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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_Copyright_, 1905
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

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_All rights reserved_

Published February, 1905

Fifth Impression, March, 1908.

_COLONIAL PRESS_
_Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A._

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TO THE
MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER
=Thornton Jenkins=
REAR-ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY
AND HIS COUSIN
=Sir Robert Jenkins, K.C.B.=
VICE-ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY
WHOSE SERVICES TO THE BLACK MAN SHOULD NOT
BE FORGOTTEN
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

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CONTENTS

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PAGE
I. I SEEK A NEW SHIP 1
II. CAPTAIN HOWARD 8
III. THE BARQUE 18
IV. SHANGHAIED 30
V. IN THE FO’C’SLE 39
VI. I BECOME “COCK OF THE WALK” 48
VII. TWO KINDS OF HAND-SHAKES 55
VIII. OUR BOS’N 65
IX. I MAKE ANOTHER FRIEND 72
X. YANKEE DAN AND HIS DAUGHTER 81
XI. WE MAKE A DAY OF IT 92
XII. HOW THE DAY ENDED 100
XIII. A SURPRISING SALUTE 107
XIV. I DECIDE TO LEAVE THE BARQUE 117
XV. OTHERS DECIDE OTHERWISE 128
XVI. A TASTE OF COLD IRON 135
XVII. SIR JOHN AND MISS ALLEN 144
XVIII. THE BARQUE HAS ILL LUCK 152
XIX. AND STILL MORE ILL LUCK 162
XX. WHAT HAPPENED IN MADEIRA 171
XXI. THE STRANGE BRIG 180
XXII. “STAND TO IT!” 188
XXIII. WHAT THE CAPTAIN’S CHEST HELD 198
XXIV. THE CAPTAIN SHOWS HIS METTLE 207
XXV. WE HEAR OF LONG TOM 218
XXVI. WE REPEL BOARDERS 225
XXVII. OUR CAPTIVE 233
XXVIII. MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF SLAVERY 241
XXIX. WE LAY IN OUR CARGO 248
XXX. I SUSPECT TREACHERY 254
XXXI. I MEET CORTELLI 264
XXXII. OPEN MUTINY 273
XXXIII. THE FIGHT ON DECK 280
XXXIV. THE CARGO BREAKS LOOSE 288
XXXV. OUR LAST CHANCE 296
XXXVI. THE END OF THE BLACK BARQUE 305
XXXVII. THE LAST STRAND OF MY YARN 313

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THE SHIP’S COMPANY
OF THE
=Gentle Hand=

OFFICERS

WILLIAM HOWARD, master.
RICHARD HAWKSON, first officer.
JOHN GULL, second officer.
SHERMAN HENRY, third officer.

CREW

PETER RICHARDS, American, boatswain.
JOHN HEYWOOD, American, gunner (who relates the story).

_Able Seamen_ │ _Ordinary Seamen_ TIM, American │JOHNSON, Dane BILL, Norwegian │JONES, Welshman HELIGOLAND, Norwegian │ANDERSON, Swede GUINEA, Dago │HOLMBERG, Swede ERNEST, German │JENNINGS, Dutch MARTIN, Scotch │PETE, Dago JOHNS, German │TOM, Cockney JORG, Finn │JIM, Englishman PAT, Irishman │GILBERT, half-breed Kanaka GUS, Swede │JOHNSON, Norwegian │PACETTI, Dago

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WATKINS, steward │THE “DOCTOR,” cook

OWNERS AND PASSENGERS

YANKEE DAN, of Nassau, trader (Daniel Allen).

ROSE ALLEN, his daughter.

LORD RENSHAW, an outcast from society, with money in the
enterprise.

SIR JOHN HICKS, bankrupt, engaged in the slave traffic.

MR. CURTIS, engaged in the slave traffic.

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THE BLACK BARQUE